UT Press photo books make Best of 2013

We have a feeling our readers didn't encounter enough 'Best of Lists' across the media landscape at the close of the year. So here's a list of all of the 'Best of 2013 Lists' featuring some of our recent photography books. Allow us to revel in this recognition while we begin placing wagers for which Spring/Summer 2014 photobooks might make it to the best of 2014.

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American Photo selected five UT Press titles for their 2013 Best Books of the Year:

• The “Reflection” category features Steven Hoelscher’s Reading Magnum, and Amon Carter Museum’s Color: American Photography Transformed. Notable mentions to Roy Flukinger’s Arnold Newman: At Work, and Dan Winters’s America. See the full reflection category on www.americanphotomag.com. >>
• The “Documentary” category features Michael Kamber, Photojournalists on War. See the full documentary category on www.americanphotomag.com. >>

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• Photojournalists on War made Time LightBox's Best Photobooks of the Year on lightbox.time.com. >>
• Lord George Robertson, former NATO Secretary General, picked Photojournalists on War for the Telegraph UK as his favorite book of the year. Full list on  www.telegraph.co.uk. >>

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• Color: American Photography Transformed is one of Luc Sante's picks for the year in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com. >>

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• PDN (Photo District News) chose Donna DeCesare’s Unsettled/Desasosiego as one of their Notable Photo Books of 2013. Read PDN's take on this award-winning photojournalist's 30 years of research and advocacy on www.donnadecesare.com. >>

Publicity Round Up

We'd like to share a few recent mentions of UT Press books in the news:

Bruce Jackson’s documentation of prisons and the death penalty in the US contributed to France abolishing capital punishment 30 years ago. To recognize his work, the French government recently awarded Jackson L’Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit), the country’s second-highest honor after the Légion d’honneur. Last month, Mother Jones featured Bruce's book Inside the Wire in a slideshow:

• Jeremy Lybarger of Mother Jones says of Inside the Wire, "Although many of the men pictured were convicted of brutal crimes, Jackson imbues them with dignity, or at least a degree of stoicism." View the slideshow on motherjones.com>> 
• Donna De Cesare's Unsettled/Desasosiego also graced a slideshow on Mother Jones. View the slideshow on motherjones.com>>
• MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell featured Michael Kamber's Photojournalists on War in an interview. Watch the interview on tv.msnbc.com>>

Eric Draper's Front Row Seat and Robb Walsh's Barbecue Crossroads continue to receive attention:

• Politico interviewed Eric Draper. Watch the video at politico.com>> 
• Fox News Insider featured the book. Watch the video on foxnewsinsider.com>>
• Draper's photos from the book were featured on Time's Lightbox blog. Read the post on lightbox.time.com>>
• The Washington Post published a review and slideshow, saying "the book presents a body of work that can’t be found anywhere else." Read the review on washingtonpost.com>>
• Robb Walsh appeared on Ann and Peter Haigh's On the Menu. Listen to the interview on onthemenuradio.com>> 

Publicity Round Up

Author and former chief White House photographer Eric Draper is starting to bring some great media attention for his new book, Front Row Seat.

• Eric Draper appeared on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos on March 31st promoting his new book Front Row Seat. Watch the video on abc.go.com>>
• The Fox News show The Five with Dana Perino also promoted Front Row Seat on March 22nd.

Also in March, the University of Texas Press rode a wave of attention for Photojournalists on War. Check out the highlights below and in a previous post. 

• Michael Kamber's Photojournalists on War was featured in an opinion piece by George Packer on The New Yorker Daily Comment blog. Read the full post on newyorker.com>>
• The New York Times Lens blog published an article and slideshow profiling Photojournalists on War contributing photographer Gary Knight. Read the full post on lens.blogs.nytimes.com>>
• Bloomberg News published a slideshow from Photojournalists on War.
  Read the full post on bloomberg.com>>
• Photojournalists on War was also mentioned on NPR's Picture Show blog. Read the post on npr.org/blogs/pictureshow>>
  
• Stephen Harrigan's The Eye of the Mammoth was selected as a 'Statesman Selects' title by the Austin American-Statesman. Read the full announcement on bookpeople.com>>

 

Publicity Round Up

The University of Texas Press is proud to share some high profile photography publicity and reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly.

• Michael Kamber's Photojournalists on War was featured in a slideshow with excerpts on The New Yorker Photo Booth blog. Read the full post on newyorker.com>> 
• The New York Times Lens blog published an excerpt from the introduction to Photojournalists on War, written by Dexter Filkins, along with a slideshow. Read the full post on lens.blogs.nytimes.com>> 
• Roy Flukinger's Arnold Newman: At Work was reviewed on Photobook's blog. Read the review on thephotobook.wordpress.com>> 
• Nic Nicosia was selected as a 'Best Book' and reviewed on Photo-Eye's blog. Read the full list on blog.photoeye.com>> 
• Photographs from Crazy from the Heat by James H. Evans were posted on NPR's photo blog The Picture Show. Read the story on npr.com/blogs/pictureshow>> 
• Rico Ainslie's The Fight to Save Juarez was reviewed by Booklist. Read the review on booklistonline.com>> 
• Macduff Everton's Modern Maya was reviewed by Publishers Weekly. Read the review on publishersweekly.com>>